The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world's local media. just-style has not checked these stories so cannot guarantee their accuracy.
- A Pakistani investor has set out plans to build a textile factory in Bulgaria, at a cost of EUR28m (US$31.3m) and with the expectation of creating over 5,000 jobs. Work on the project is said to be ongoing. NOVINITE.COM
- Indonesia’s yarn producers are calling on the government to impose a temporary safeguard duty on imported yarn products, which they say have "severely damaged" the market for locally-made products. EIN NEWSDESK
- Nigeria has lifted a ban on the import of textiles and furniture. Importers are expected to pay a 35% duty as well as the levy as contained in the Import Adjustment Tax (IAT). The products were banned because the government wanted to protect local manufacturers. VANGUARD
- A worker at a garment finishing factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which supplies clothing giant H&M, has died after being hit on the head by shrapnel from a machine that exploded. The machine, which helps power a furnace that creates steam for clothes to be steam-washed, exploded on 10 July at C Square Garment Finishing Co. THE PHNOM PENH POST
- Two workers have been burnt as a result of a fire at a shoe factory in Bangladesh. The fire, which broke out on 9 July, originated from a candle, but spread to chemicals stored in the factory in the Kamrangir char area. BANGLANEWS24
